Venting device for water bottles



' April '14, 1970 c. s. ORR

VENTING DEVICE FOR WATER BOTTLES Filed April 1, 1968 /N 1 5 N TOR CLAiRS. ORR

United States Patent 015cc 3,506,167 Patented Apr. 14, 1970 VENTINGDEVICE FOR WATER BOTTLES Clair S. Orr, 14740 NW. 11th Ave.,

Miami, Fla. 33168 Filed Apr. 1, 1968, Ser. No. 717,735 Int. Cl. P65d25/48, 47/32 US. Cl. 222--479 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Thisinvention relates to venting devices and is more particularly directedto a venting device for water bottles.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a ventingdevice for water bottles which permits the even fiowl of water from thebottle upon the tilting of the bott e.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a venting devicefor water bottles consisting of a holder and a curved section of tubingwhich are inserted and secured in the neck of the bottle to permit aneven flow of water upon the tilting of the bottle.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a venting devicefor a water bottle that remains in place within the neck of the bottleat all times and which does not interfere with the closure cap that fitsover the opening when the bottle is not in use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be bestunderstood from a consideration of the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, with the understanding, however, that the invention isnot confinedto any strict conformity with the showing of the drawing butmay be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications markno material departure from the salient features of the invention asexpressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1' is a perspective view of a water bottle showing my ventingdevice in position therein.

FIGURE 2 is an exploded view of the parts that comprise my ventingdevice.

FIGURES 3-6 inclusive are progress views of the pouring of water from avertical position of the water bottle to a completely inverted positionillustrating the effective manner in which my venting device functions.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals are used to designatesimilar parts throughout the several views, the numeral refers to abottle of liquid, such as the five gallon bottles of water sold anddistributed to the general public and often mounted on a tiltablesupport to avoid the necessity of having to lift the heavy bottle ofwater in order to pour water therefrom. The water bottle 10 has shownmounted in the mouth 11 of the bottle 10 and extending along the neck 12thereof my venting device 15.

My venting device 15 consists of two parts made preferably of plastic,namely, a tubular member 16 and a support 17 for retaining the tubularmember 16 in place in the bottle 10. The support or retaining member 17consists of a collar 18 that is cylindrical in shape having a slot 19 togive the collar substantially U-shaped crosssection. The diameter of thecurvature of the collar 18 is larger than the diameter of the mouth 11of the bottle 10 so that the collar 18 may be squeezed to a size smallenough to fit into the mouth 11 and upon release will spring outwardlyto engage the inner surface of the mouth 11 of the bottle 10 and befrictionally held in place therein. At the upper edge of the collar 17is a flange 20 that engages the outer edge of the mouth 11 to prevent myventing device 15 from slipping into the bottle 10 and also to maintainthe venting device 15 properly within the neck 12 of the bottle 10.Secured to the inner surface of the collar 18 is a second collar 21whose axis is parallel to that of the collar 18 but smaller in diameter.Similar to the collar 18, the collar 21 is provided with a slot 22.

The diameter of the collar 21 is slightly smaller than the outsidediameter of the tubular member 16 which is held at one end in positionby the collar by flexing the collar 21 outwardly at the position of theslot 22 to insert the end of the tubular member 16 therein. Upon releaseof the collar 21, the latter will return to its normal position toengage and frictionally hold the tubular member 16.

The tubular member 16 is curved as shown best by FIGURE 2 in order thatwhen the tubular member 16 is in position to properly vent the bottle10, the tubular member 16 lying along" the inner surface of the bottle10 with the free end 25 of the tubular member 16 positioned atapproximately'the shoulder 26 of the bottle 10 where the air collectsreplacing the water discharged from the bottle 10.

With my venting device 15 placed in position in the water bottle 10 asdescribed hereinabove, the water will flow from the bottle 10 whentilted in an even flowing stream and not in intermittent gushes of watercascading from the mouth of the bottle 10 to splash about the articlebeing filled with water.

Note as the bottle 10 is tilted from the vertical position shown byFIGURE 3 to that shown by FIGURES 4-7, the water will flow evenly onlywhen air is returned into the bottle simultaneously as the water isdischarged therefrom. The air collects at the highest part of the bottle10 which is at that part of the shoulder 26 which is diametricallyopposed toithe lip portion of the mouth 11 over which the water isfpouring from the bottle 10. The free end 25 of the tubififg 16 isalways in communication with the air in the bottle10. Consequently airwill be aspirated directly into the bottle 10 without having to flowthrough any water and especially the water that is flowing in theopposite direction as it is being discharged from the bottle 10.

It is to be noted that my venting device fits within the mouth 11 andneck 12 of the bottle 10 and remains therein at all times until all ofthe water has been poured from the bottle 10. A cap (not shown) which isnormally placed over the mouth of the conventional bottle when water isnot being taken therefrom may also be used to cover the bottle 10 sincemy venting device 15 would not interfere with the cap fitting over themouth 11 of the bottle 10.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

1. A venting device for a water bottle comprising a first collar portionhaving a slot along one side forming end portions to permit the flexingof said end portions in a direction toward each other when placing saidventing device in the mouth of a water bottle, a flange mounted alongone edge of said first collar for engaging the outer surface of themouth of said bottle, a second collar secured to the inner surface ofsaid first collar and extending substantially axially therewith, saidsecond collar having a slot along one side forming end portions topermit the flexing of said end portions in a direction away from eachother, and a tubular member having one end received and frictionallyengaged by said second collar and the other end adapted to extend intosaid bottle to permit the flow of air into said bottle simultaneouslywith the discharge of water therefrom.

2. The structure as recited by claim 1 wherein said tubular member isarcuate in shape whereby said tubular member will lie in close proximitywith the inner surface of said bottle and said other end of said tubularmember will discharge air into an upper portion of said water bottlewhen said bottle is tilted.

3. The structure as recited by claim 1 wherein the diameter of saidfirst collar is substantially larger than the inside diameter of saidmouth of said water bottle and the diameter of said second collar issubstantially smaller than the outside diameter of said tubular member.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,952,288 3/1934 Saxon 222-5692,204,524 6/1940 Bender 21579 3,168,221 2/1965 Parker 222109 3,186,6456/ 1965 Eberlein 222567 X FOREIGN PATENTS 1,209,784 9/ 1959 France.

F. R. HANDREN, A

ssistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R.

